'Evil' in the Bible

Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?'

They said to him, "He will destroy those evil [men] completely and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their season."

And those slaves went out into the roads [and] gathered everyone whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding celebration was filled {with dinner guests}.

But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'

But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].

And he said to them, "Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

All these evil [things] come from within and defile a person."

But Jesus said, "Do not prevent him, because there is no one who does a miracle in my name and will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

And Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

And Jesus said to them, "I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy [it]?"

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of [his] evil [treasury] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

In that hour he healed many [people] of diseases and suffering and evil spirits, and he granted sight to many blind [people].

and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

And [as] the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah!

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sincere, your whole body is full of light also. But when it is evil, your body [is] dark also.

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

and they will come out--those who have done good [things] to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil [things] to a resurrection of judgment.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.

They answered and said to him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have handed him over to you!"

so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin} were carried away to those who were sick, and [their] diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them].

But some itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

But the evil spirit answered [and] said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?"

And the man {who had the evil spirit} leaped on them, subdued all of them, [and] prevailed against them, so that they ran away from that house naked and wounded.

And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You must not speak evil [of] a ruler of your people.'"

[When they] stood up, [his] accusers began bringing no charge concerning {him} of the evil deeds that I was suspecting,

And they said to him, "We have received no letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers come [and] reported or spoken anything evil about you.

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, contrivers of evil, disobedient to parents,

[There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,

And [why] not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, in order that good may come [of it]? Their condemnation is just!

For the good that I want [to do], I do not do, but the evil that I do not want [to do], this I do.

Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

for [although they] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for [what is] good in the sight of all people.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Love does not commit evil against a neighbor. Therefore love [is the] fulfillment of the law.

For [the report of] your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what [is] good, but innocent toward what [is] evil.

But those outside God will judge. Remove the evil person {from among yourselves}.

Now these [things] happened [as] examples for us, so that we should not be desirers of evil [things], just as those also desired [them],

who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

making the most of the time because the days are evil.

Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one,

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation.

And {although you were formerly alienated} and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,

Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,

See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward one another and toward all [people].

Abstain from every form of evil.

and that we may be delivered from evil and wicked people, {for not all have the faith}.

But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard [you] from the evil one.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,

For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.

But evil people and imposters will progress to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save [me] for his heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] the glory {forever and ever}. Amen.

A certain one of them, [one of] their own prophets, has said, "Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.

Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, [with the result that you] fall away from the living God.

But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.

let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

No one who is being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God," for God {cannot be tempted} by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

but no human being is able to tame the tongue. [It is] a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

For where [there is] jealousy and selfish ambition, there [is] disorder and every evil practice.

Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge [of the law].

But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

or to governors as those sent out by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good.

[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.

not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing [others], because for this [reason] you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.

For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.

And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord [are] on the righteous, and his ears [are open to] their prayer. But the face of the Lord [is] against those who do evil.

For [it is] better to suffer for doing good, {if God wills it}, than for doing evil.

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature [after] escaping from the corruption [that is] in the world because of evil desire,

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.

I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason} did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the [deeds] of his brother [were] righteous.

We know that everyone who is fathered by God does not sin, but the one fathered by God, he protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in [the power of] the evil one.

because the one who speaks a greeting to him shares in his evil deeds.

Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to {the deeds he is doing}, disparaging us with evil words. And not being content with these, he does not receive the brothers himself, and he hinders those wanting [to do so] and throws [them] out of the church.

Dear friend, do not imitate [what is] evil, but [what is] good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them [to be] false.

And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and there was an evil and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

The one who does evil, let him do evil still, and the defiled, let him be defiled still, and the righteous, let him practice righteousness still, and the holy, let him be holy still."